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WWE tycoon wrestles her way to Cabinet

Linda is going to be a phenomenal leader and champion for small businesses.

9 Dec 2016 6:32 AM IST

Pakistani model Qandeel Baloch. (Photo: Twitter)

Pakistan court postpones Qandeel Baloch's murder trial

Model Qandeel Baloch, was strangled in July by her brother Muhammad Waseem.

8 Dec 2016 9:09 PM IST

This is the fist time such exercises were held after the PLA underwent massive restructuring initiated by President Xi Jinping, who is also the head of the military. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

PLA holds massive military drills in western sector

Over 10,000 soldiers with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military Area Command participated in a defensive...

8 Dec 2016 8:12 PM IST

Alex Younger, head of MI6, Britains international spy agency. (Photo: AP)

Britain not safe until Syrian war ends: UK spy chief

British intelligence and security services have disrupted a dozen plots in the UK in the last 3 years, Alex Younger...

8 Dec 2016 7:00 PM IST

Masooma Hasani would be pelted with rocks whenever she went skiing, a sport considered unbecoming for girls in conservative Afghan society. (Photo: AP)

Afghan female skier fights taboos - with aid of mullahs

18-yr-old Hasani had suffered hostility and abuse from passing men unaccustomed to unveiled women dressed in...

8 Dec 2016 10:51 AM IST

Duterte quoted Trump as saying, We should fix our bad relations. (Photo: AP)

Philippines' President Duterte says Trump made him feel like a saint

Duterte said in a speech said that Trump told him not to worry about Americans criticising him.

8 Dec 2016 8:55 AM IST

Yadav was arrested by the Pakistan authorities during a raid in Balochistan in March this year. (Photo: PTI/ Videograb)

Aziz's statment on Indian spy Kulbhushan 'not true': Pak

Pakistan has claimed that Yadav is a commander-rank officer with the Indian Navy.

8 Dec 2016 8:47 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel address the media during a joint news conference with the Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel party wants dual nationality junked

Dual nationality was a key demand of the Social Democrats during negotiations with Merkel's conservatives after the last...

8 Dec 2016 7:20 AM IST

Britain will help Gulf push back against Iran

Britain will help Gulf push back against Iran'

Ms May is the latest foreign leader to address the GCC as the Gulf deepens ties with major powers beyond long-time ally...

8 Dec 2016 7:19 AM IST

Hours after the episode, the younger Mr Flynn, 33, went on Twitter to say that until Pizzagate was proved false, it remained a story.

Donald Trump sacks NSA pick's son in Pizzagate

Twitter post cast a harsh spotlight on the views that he and his father, Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, aired on social...

8 Dec 2016 6:49 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pak court warns Sharif over plea on knighthood'

The title given to Sharif in 1997 has been challenged in the Lahore High Court.

8 Dec 2016 6:27 AM IST

An airport security personnel directs a motorcyclist at the entrance to the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Pakistani media and others gathered at the airport following a report that a passenger plane had crashed near Havelian. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan plane crash kills 48

Prominent singer-turned cleric Junaid Jamshed among those killed in accident.

8 Dec 2016 6:16 AM IST